Zverev through in 5.
Big Stan a break up in the 4th and looks on course to make the 3rd round. He’s a possible opponent for Djokovic in R4.
Just watching halep against Taylor Townsend and the size of Taylor Townsend. Not a good advertisement for womens tennis Townsend wins this match.
Big advantage for Nadal. Walkover into the 3rd round. Thomas Kokkinakis pulls out injured. Nadal will be the most rested player going into the 3rd round.
Injuries are part and parcel of elite tennis. Something you struggle get your head around. Rafa is fortunate here no doubt but this is not Wimbledon or the Aussie open where they switched up the rules to help Federer.
Are you referring to the whinging that Nadal was doing about the seeding system that @Tassotti and his fellow members of the All England club apply? Its an excellent and sensible system which includes a weighting to a players prowess on grass courts. A seeding system that was fully justified when Federer gave Nadal the runaround in the semi final.
Nadal fans are always whinging. Yesterday, the Nadal fans were complaining that it was raining. Rain is part and parcel of elite tennis. Something Nadal fans seem to struggle to get their head around.
Last year at the Championship, you were hilariously claiming that Nadal was disadvantaged getting hauled off court at 11pm against Djokovic, when it was Nadal who benefited from the overnight break as Djokovic had all the momentum, having just won the 3rd set to go 2-1 up.
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More giraffe kill at Flushing Meadows. Diego Schwartzman (5ft 6) has felled an opponent nearly a foot taller than him, Egor Gerasimov (6ft 5) in straight sets.
Nick the Greek two sets up on Antoine Hoang. Nick is in the 3rd quarter of the draw, which has seen the biggest carnage of seeded players. Nick, Gael Monfils (13) and the Italian giraffe, Matteo Berrettini (24) the only seeded players left in that quarter of the draw.
If Nick can keep the head and not get upset over whether the right colour towel provided or not he could get to semi’s.
Rublev is next up and seems to be in real form.
Roger playing in the midday sun again this afternoon.
Playing a guy who played a 4 setter 24 hours ago.
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Djokovic has the late night slot again tonight and Nadal and Chung widely predicted to get the late night slot tomorrow night. The organisers doing everything they feasibly can to smooth the way for Djokovic and Nadal.
The way is always smoothed for Nadal.
The Great Man advances to the last 16 with a straight set win over Daniel Evans.
He beat a journeyman druggie.
Alex de Minaur has beaten 7th seed Kei Nishikori in four sets.
Nadal plays in the afternoon tomorrow.
Looks like the Federer fans are paranoid in their whinging about Nadal.
Huh? A semi retired over the hill Federer, a few weeks shy of turning 38 destroyed Nadal at the Championship last month.
Nadal plays in the afternoon. You were stating otherwise, being too paranoid and whinging about Nadal.